which mtb bike £600-£700

dimmy

Hi people,
Thinking of getting a new bike my, old rockhopper is getting a bit tired now.
Have got around £600 -£700 quid to spend. Have been lookin at

Rockhopper disc 08 - £599
Merlin Malt 01 - £649
Scott Aspect 10 - £649
Cannondale F4 - £679
Genisis 20 core - £599
Saracen Zen 1- £650

I do quite fancy the F4 but cannot find alot of info/reviews ect.
Any advice would be appreciated !!!!

Thanks

newbiketime

Depends what you after have a look at one of these.

Bianchi Call 8200 (light full sus)
Bianchi Mutt 7400
Felt Q720
Giant Yukon FX2 (basic full sus)
Giant XTC 3.5
KONA Hoss
KONA Caldera
KONA Blast Deluxe

The Bianchi Call 8200 gets you a great XC full suspension frame that is capable of high end racing so you can just upgrade the parts later.

The Giant XTC 3.5 is probably the best value bike for the money with plenty of good parts.

Some of the Konas are very light frame though they tend to not be as well specked as the Giants for the price.

dimmy

Thats really put a cat amongst the pigeons, took me a week to get to the orginal shortlist!!
I am after hardtail able to cope with a good pounding on the blackruns of north wales, will work my way through your list, cheers

zeropoint

Don't forget the Boardman Comp, good spec. Built to take a pounding.

http://www.boardmanbikes.com/

Press the Mountain link.

BlackSpur

Trek 6500 is worth a look too.

dunker

the malt2 is £699, £100 off at purchase.

edit: oops, £629

LordBanks

Commencal Combi Disc.

Rich Hcp

Orange G3 £650

That's what I'm having

janwal

Have a look at the german made CUBE range either LTD or ACID.good spec for your money.Can't fault my ACID

Larok

No ones mentioned the focus black forest

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... est%202008